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Porcupine Tree
13 Albums

Porcupine Tree

BIOGRAPHY

Porcupine Tree are an English rock band formed by musician Steven Wilson in 1987. During an initial career spanning more than twenty years, they earned critical acclaim from critics and fellow musicians, developed a cult following, and became an influence for new artists. The group carved out a career at a certain distance away from mainstream music, being described by publications such as Classic Rock and PopMatters as “the most important band you’d never heard of”.The band began as a solo project for Wilson, who initially created all of the band’s music himself. By late 1993, however, he wanted to work in a band environment, bringing on frequent collaborators Richard Barbieri as keyboardist, Colin Edwin as bassist, and Chris Maitland as drummer to form the first permanent lineup. With Wilson as lead vocalist and guitarist, this remained the lineup until February 2002, when Maitland left the band and Gavin Harrison was recruited to replace him. Porcupine Tree’s early sound evoked various styles of psychedelic rock, space rock and experimental rock, later moving towards a more progressive/space rock direction comparable to that of Pink Floyd. Upon signing with Kscope record label in the late 1990s, the band began to approach a more mainstream alternative rock sound. By the early 2000s, the band had signed to a major record label and shifted their sound again, this time in a more progressive metal direction. In 2010, after the tour in support of their 2009 studio album The Incident, the band became publicly inactive as Wilson committed himself to his solo work and other members began working on their own separate projects. However, Wilson, Barbieri and Harrison continued to intermittently work on material in secrecy over the course of the following decade, leading to the release of their album Closure/Continuation on 24 June 2022.

ALBUMS IN COLLECTION

ID
ART
ALBUM_TITLE
ARTIST_NAME
GENRE
DATE_ADDED
STATUS
#29133415
Closure / Continuation.Live. Amsterdam 07/11/22
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2023-12-14
#23687546
Closure / Continuation
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2022-06-27
#23669789
Closure / Continuation
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2022-06-24
#19649257
House Of Blues - Los Angeles 2003
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2021-08-09
#18252976
Octane Twisted
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2021-04-16
#16062877
Pure Narcotic
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2020-10-16
#11632553
In Absentia
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2018-03-12
#11591303
Deadwing
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2018-02-23
#10285598
Coma Divine
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2017-05-20
#9071157
Fear Of A Blank Planet
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2017-05-12
#9719328
The Delerium Years 1991-1993
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2017-01-27
#9021300
Nil Recurring
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2016-10-20
#8088258
The Delerium Years 1994-1997
Porcupine Tree
ROCK
2016-04-27

Closure / Continuation.Live. Amsterdam 07/11/22

Porcupine Tree

2023-12-14 #29133415
Rock Stage & Screen

Closure / Continuation

Porcupine Tree

2022-06-27 #23687546
Rock

Closure / Continuation

Porcupine Tree

2022-06-24 #23669789
Rock

House Of Blues - Los Angeles 2003

Porcupine Tree

2021-08-09 #19649257
Rock

Octane Twisted

Porcupine Tree

2021-04-16 #18252976
Rock

Pure Narcotic

Porcupine Tree

2020-10-16 #16062877
Rock

In Absentia

Porcupine Tree

2018-03-12 #11632553
Rock

Deadwing

Porcupine Tree

2018-02-23 #11591303
Rock

Coma Divine

Porcupine Tree

2017-05-20 #10285598
Rock

Fear Of A Blank Planet

Porcupine Tree

2017-05-12 #9071157
Rock

The Delerium Years 1991-1993

Porcupine Tree

2017-01-27 #9719328
Rock

Nil Recurring

Porcupine Tree

2016-10-20 #9021300
Rock

The Delerium Years 1994-1997

Porcupine Tree

2016-04-27 #8088258
Rock